Rio Rancho votes on 27.1 million bond and 2 mill levy
Rio Rancho voters will decide on April 12 whether to approve a 27.1 million bond issue and a two mill tax levy to fund new Rio Rancho Public Schools. The plan prioritizes a high school, then a middle school and an elementary, with costs to be refined as estimates come in.
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Genie Blair Ryan
Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho Public Schools
Board of Education
Sue Cleveland
Cleveland
Observer
Committee educates voters on Rio Rancho tax measure
A Rio Rancho committee of residents and volunteers campaigns to pass the $27.1 million bond plus two-mill levy on April 12. Within two weeks of the campaign start, at least 354 more residents registered to vote. The effort runs between city elections and the June primary.
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Genie Blair Ryan
Observer
Rio Rancho
Playground stunt Photo Shows Narrow-Frame Acrobatics
Brandon Ahtskog appears to wear oversized shoes as he slides down a playground pole toward a camera at Haynes Park on Wednesday. In the background, Justin Laundré waits his turn, captured by Observer-Tharinger.
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Brandon Ahtskog
Haynes Park
Justin Laundré
Tharinger
Soto named interim Sandoval County commissioner
Mickey Soto was sworn in to fill District 3 on the Sandoval County Commission after Tom Swisstack resigned to become Rio Rancho mayor. Soto, an Albuquerque Public Schools employee and Rio Rancho planning and zoning commissioner who recently ran for City Council, was appointed by Gov. Bruce King at a Saturday breakfast of county Democrats.
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Byford McQueen
District 3
Sandoval County
Mickey Soto
Tom Swisstack
Rio Rancho
Soto
Albuquerque Public School System
Bruce King
Sandoval
Democrats
Intel audit finds permit violations at Rio Rancho plant
Intel Corp faces air quality permit violations as New Mexico Environment Department cites the Rio Rancho expansion for the second time since its 1.5 billion plan began. An audit by a corporate troubleshooter showed boilers rated 850 horsepower were 1,250 horsepower and mislisted emission stacks.
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Cord McQueen
Intel Corp
Rio Rancho
New Mexico Environment Department
Intel
Richard Draper
Draper
Boy survives Rottweiler attack in Rio Rancho neighborhood
A 4-year-old Rio Rancho boy, Scott Maron, was dragged and bitten by a 90-pound Rottweiler on a Vista Hills street as bystanders, including William Rutherford a school custodian, tried to intervene by honking, kicking, and shouting. The dog continued the attack until help arrived.
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Rio Rancho
Jay P. Thuringer
Scott Maron
William Rutherford
Enchanted Hills
Saratoga Road
Rutherford
Diane Maron
Scott
Vista Hills
Maron
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